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  1. Redbeard

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    #3 Nathan, Jan 24, 2011
    The problem with an All - Season tire is there are just to many compromises. They suck in all seasons since they have to be adequate in so many situations. Why not look into a winter run flat on a set of steelies or other inexpensive wheel.
     
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    #4 TGS91, Jan 24, 2011
    As I said they are for the wifes car. For her, run flats make sense. Now perhaps a set of winters might work. It's just that we don't get all that much snow up here St. Louie way(execpt this year).

    I debated on this All Season thing because of this latitude for some time. For me Winter style All Seasons work (Conti DSW's :Thumbsup:) and a set of Summer stickies

    For her All Seasons are just fine for her purposes
     
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    #5 TGS91, Jan 24, 2011
    Thanks Redbeard, that looks more on the winter side of All Seasons

    I really, really like my Conti DSW's as a performance winter tire (they call it a All Season)

    Had 7-9" of snow here and they ate it up!
     
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    #6 jcauseyfd, Jan 24, 2011
    fwiw, I was very unimpressed with the performance of the GY RFs that came on my MINI. I think I slid more on them than I have with summer non-RFs.
     
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    #7 Redbeard, Jan 24, 2011
    My Fiancee has Conti DWS on her WRX in Connecticut. She's superhappy with them.
     
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    #8 david in germany, Jan 25, 2011
    one of my coworkers has his oem set of these on his "justa".. He parks the car when there is snow on the ground, they are crap unless they are brand new.
    If you get snow in your area spend the extra money for a cheap set of rims and run dedicated snow and summers, you will not regret it.
     
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    #9 TGS91, Jan 25, 2011
    Ok, let me try to get this back on track.....

    Prefer wife to keep the runflats as I do not want her to deal with changing a tire for her MCS

    Need something with a little more winter grip than current Dunlops

    All Seasons work well for wife's purposes and where we are at geographically

    Suggestions? (other than Conti ones that Redbeard mentioned and David from Germany rebutted are crap&Jeff from NC let me know Goodyears suck)
     
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    #10 TGS91, Jan 25, 2011
    Only thing I see on TireRack are the Bridgestone Blizak RunFlats having more grip than Conti
     
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    #11 david in germany, Jan 25, 2011
    I run blizzaks and love them. For a true winter tire they are top notch!
    When the weather warms up they are not as good as a summer tire though.
     
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    #12 TGS91, Jan 25, 2011
    Might be a good option for the wife

    She might complain a bit about the ride in warmer weather but I'll know she has plenty of grip.

    She is a pretty sedate driver (right lane most of the time, never puts it in Sport mode, etc, etc)
     
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    #13 lotsie, Jan 25, 2011
    If you run a winter tire in warm(above 45F) you will wear them out very fast. You are right Tim, here in STL we don't really have a need for a snow tire, just the ability to drive in a little snow now and then. But a winter run flat on cheap wheels may be the way to go if you need a run flat on her car. Run the OEM wheels with a nicer set of summer run flats for most of the year.

    Mark
     
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    #14 TGS91, Jan 25, 2011
    Mark,

    Living here I keep looking for a way to have one tire that meets all road conditions year round. This latitude just doesn't quite lend itself to that. Sigh......

    Thanks
     
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    #15 moreorless, Jan 26, 2011
    I'm running these:

    ContiProContact SSR

    205/55/16

    No problems to report. At 6 below they are kinda hard. But other than that I like 'em.

    ....Les
     
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    #16 lotsie, Jan 27, 2011
    Although not a runflat, my Nitto NeoGens are working just fine in the snow we get here in STL. They stick pretty good in more summer temps too:Thumbsup:

    Mark
     
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    #17 TGS91, Jan 28, 2011
    Couldn't agree with you more, I've had a set and thought they were pretty awesome.

    My only problem was I went through my set in about 18K miles

    I really can't stick the wife with a tire repair kit although she has AAA kit. :frown5:
     
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    #18 lotsie, Jan 28, 2011
    18k is about 3 years for me. I can live with that.

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    #19 Redbeard, Jan 28, 2011
    LOL. That's just over 1/2 a year for me.

    I'm on third set of tires since I got the MINI last year. That's not including the run-flats I tossed after 3k miles. Admittedly there has been 16 Autocrosses and three track days thrown in there as well as the 30k miles...:crazy: